A Crisis of Faith and Octopus Aliens
- Episode aired Oct 4, 2018
- TV-PG
- 20m
Sheldon becomes an unlikely ally when a tragedy in the community shakes Mary's faith.Sheldon becomes an unlikely ally when a tragedy in the community shakes Mary's faith.Sheldon becomes an unlikely ally when a tragedy in the community shakes Mary's faith.
- Sheldon Cooper
- (voice)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe calendar on the wall, next to the fridge, is still showing 1989, as it was in the first series.
- GoofsWhen the family sits down to dinner with the pizza, Mary takes a slice, but in the next shot the pizza is still whole.
- Quotes
Sheldon: So if God's plan is to save all of the universe, that means a race of octopus aliens light years away could only be saved by Jesus?
Pastor Jeff: Sure.
Sheldon: Even though they never would've heard of him?
Pastor Jeff: Yes.
Sheldon: Even though his appearance might be terrifying to them?
Pastor Jeff: What? Why would his appearance be terrifying?
Sheldon: He has four limbs and they have eight.
Mary: Okay, that's enough.
Pastor Jeff: No, no! I prayed people would be more interested in my sermons. I suppose I should've been more specific. Sheldon, if these creatures were born without sin, they don't need to be saved by Jesus.
Sheldon: What if an octopus Adam and Eve brought sin to their world? Would they need to be saved by a human Jesus or an octopus Jesus?
- ConnectionsReferences Casper the Friendly Ghost (1945)
I personally thought the more annoying line was the one right after his talk of physics fine tuning where Sheldon said that his Mom was the best mother for him among all 5 billion people of the world.
What bothers me isn't that they wrote a story of Sheldon comforting his mom with kind words to make her happy. What annoyed me is that those sort of sentiments that Sheldon made could have been expressed in more accurate and honest ways and still worked to help his mother in the scene.
Sheldon could have said, "If I could, I wouldn't trade you for any other mother on the planet because you're my only real biological mother and I love you, and know that you love me."
And, "The universe has specific properties whose attributes could be sufficiently explained with a God arranging the universe just as it is."
It's a nice idea to occasionally remind the viewers that Sheldon is scarcely rude, mean, or bad intentionally, and that Sheldon appreciates his family despite not relating to them very well. But there is no need to make his commentary as flawed as a common religious apologist.
- brianjohnson-20043
- Sep 12, 2020